1994 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Study on Parallel Numerical Simulation of Heat Transfer using Transputer Array
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05650211
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Thermal engineering
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| Research Institution | Science University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
KAWAMURA Hiroshi Science University of Tokyo, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Professor, 理工学部, 教授 (80204783)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
INAGAKI Ellchi Science University of Tokyo, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Me, 理工学部, 助手 (70112894)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1993 – 1994
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| Keywords | Transputer / Work-station Cluster / Parallel Computing / Heat Conduction Equation / Cavity Flow / Parallel Efficiency / Speedup Ratio / Red-Black SOR |
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| Research Abstract |
A study has been performed to speedup the numerical calculation of Poisson equation with the application of parallel computation using a transputer array. In an ideal parallel computation, the computational time may be reduced inversely proportional to the number of processors. In actual, however, the ideal speedup ratio cannot be attained owing to the communication time among the processors. An effect of parallel algorithm and relaxation method was developed on the transputer array. A good parallel efficiency was obtained for the two-dimensional heat conduction equation.
Further, the above experiences were applied to the parallel computation by a work-station cluster. A cavity flow and the heat conduction problems were solved with the use of eight work-stations in maximum. A high efficiency was obtained for a relatively large scale computations.
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Research Products
(4 results)
